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In 2013, Bernadine "Birdie" Pruessner received the Missouri Teacher of the Year Award from the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence.

A St. Louis-based retailer that sells women’s clothes, beauty products, gifts and home décor will close its remaining brick-and-mortar stores by the end of the month.

I was pondering this afternoon over the question of just how much ordinary people really care about Joe Biden's age. I know there are polls out there showing high rates of concern, but that doesn't tell us much about salience. Is it strong concern or just one of many concerns? What if people aren't specially ...continue reading "How much are people interested in Joe Biden’s age?"

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis police are investigating after shots were fired late Tuesday afternoon at District 6 officers. The shooting occurred just before 5:10 p.m. in the 5900 block of Ferris Avenue, located in the Mark Twain I-70 Industrial neighborhood. Police claim officers did not return fire and detained three suspects. No injuries were [...]

The stretch of seven run-down buildings along Oakland and South Kingshighway has sat vacant for decades.

St. Louis County police were called in to help the U.S. Marshals Service take a "wanted suspect" into custody Tuesday morning.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

Police officers were shot at Tuesday evening in the city's Mark Twain I-70 Industrial neighborhood. No injuries were reported.

Crews are now demolishing a row of vacant houses along Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis to make way for a new development.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is dispatching 200 National Guardsmen and 22 troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol to the U.S.-Mexican border.

Generative AI continues to be the hot topic in the digital world – and beyond. A previous blog post noted that this has led to people finally asking the important question whether copyright is fit for the digital world. As far as AI is concerned, there are two sides to the question. The first is whether generative AI systems […]

Today I learned that the San Francisco Fed performs daily tracking of economic news sentiment. Here it is since the end of the Great Recession: The index is currently at 0.17, roughly equal to the peaks between 2014 and 2020. However, it only rose above zero about three months ago. It took a long time ...continue reading "Media coverage of the economy has finally broken into positive territory"

The St. Louis Zoo is in full-preparation mode for their first ever 'Animals Aglow' lantern festival, taking place next month.